taciturn

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/    美 /ˈtæsɪtɝn/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
    — The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.

词形变化

more taciturn comparative most taciturn superlative

词汇关系

反义词
prolix talkative verbose

词源

Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).
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